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Bernardo Kastrup: Refuting Materialism (Lecture 1 of 2)

Adventures in Awareness

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Critique of Panpsychism and Consciousness

This chapter critiques the inadequacies of panpsychism in explaining consciousness, emphasizing how experiences are not merely byproducts of physical structures. It explores the notion that consciousness might be fundamental to matter, while also addressing logical inconsistencies in the idea that individual consciousnesses can merge. Through metaphors and examples, the chapter challenges the separation of subatomic particles, proposing a unified conceptualization of consciousness as an intrinsic property of the universe.

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